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J. S. WOOD. Gas Regulator.

No. 67,694. Patented Aug. 13, 1867.

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TO ALL -WHOM IT MAY, CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH WOOD, of the city and county of Philadelphia,and State of Pennsylvania. have invented a new and useful Gas-Regulatorgand I do hereby declare the following is a full, clear, and

exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference.

marked thereon.

The object of my invention is to make a gas-regulator which shallequalize the pressure of gas through the various burners in a house orbuilding, so that, whatever the number of burners in use, the pressurethrough each will be nearly constant.

The present invention is designed to' form a more rigid connectionbetween the couplings, and also to provide a reservoir for theaccumulation of the condensed water; this is accomplished by a doublebottom divided into two compartments, hereafter explained.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure I is a cross-section.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectiou through x 3 I construct my regulator ofa tin vessel or tank, A, which is filled with water up to outlet S. C isan airtight receiver open to the water at the bottom. The weight of thisrecciver'is regulated to the proper buoyancy for the pressure of gasrequired. This receiver is steadied,'in its movement up and down, byguide pulleys d. About one and one-half inch abovethe bottom a of thevessel A is a false bottom, a, forming between them a reservoir for theaccumulation of the condensed water. This is divided off into twochambers or compartmcnts E and E, and into E is inserted an inletcoupling, e. A short pipe, G, als) leads from it into a larger pipe, G,the top of which terminates in a ring, it, having a. central circularopening above the water-line. In this ring it is suspended a conicalvalve, K; the said valve is fast to the receiver C, and rises and fallswith it. From the compartment E the pipe F leads upward, terminatingabove the water line in the receiver C; an outlet coupling, 0, alsoleads from'it. The drip-cocks are shown by letters m m.

The action of my regulator is this: The gas from the meter passesthrough inlet 2 into compartment E. up pipe G to G, through valve K intoreceiver 0, then down pipe F into compartment E, and through outlet e.

An air-chamber may be attached 'to the receiver 0, or the inlet andoutlet pipes may be carried inside and connected to the compartments, asshown in my patent of August 21, 1866.

This mode of constructing a gas-regulator provides a large receptaclefor the condensel water, with great simplicity of construction andconvenience in form.

I do not claim the inverted receiver 0, or the valveK suspended to it,as those are used in various ways; but I claim- The combination-of thetank A with its chambers E and E formed between the two bottoms a a",and the pipes F and G, valve K, and receiver C, when constructed andarranged substantially as described.

JOSEPH S. WOOD.

Witnesses:

STANLEY O. HYLTON, Enwn BROWN.

